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H/G. BATTLES.

. 00MB. .A-PPLIOATION FILED FEB. e, 1911. nmmwni) ran. 6, 1913.

1,069,054, Patented July 29, 1913.

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Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Juily29a19-13.

Application filed'February G}ISIE SeTiaIJNo;606,834; Renewe'mFeHruary'G;1913: seriarno. 746,665.

To all whomz't mayconcern Be it known that I, HrnniAnn-(i. BATTLES, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chardon, in the'county ofGeauga', State of Ohio, have invented-certain new and usefulImprovements in GOmbs; and I do-hereby declare the following to'be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skille'd in the art towhich it appertains tomake and use'thesame.

This'invention relatesto side combs more particularly to inconspicuous.means for pre venting accidental withdrawal of the side combs.

An object of thepresent' invention is to provide a? side comb in whichthe outermost teeth will have pivotally mounted tip ends which may bemanually rocked and held extending transversely across the points of thenext intermediate teeth so that closed hair receivingcompartments areformedbetweenthe outer and next intermediate teeth of the comb, whichserve to prevent accidental removal of the comb from the hair.

A further object of the invention is to provide a comb in which thepivoted tips of the outer teeth will be rockable across the spacesbetween the outer and next intermediate teeth by a novel togglemechanism, and further the outer teeth will be equipped with means forpreventing the toggle mechanism from moving the pivoted tip endsoutwardly beyond alinement with their respective shanks so that the combwill be at all times in operative position for insertion in the hair.

With the above objects in view the invention consists in certain noveldetails of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed, it being understood that various modificationsmay be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of theappended tion of my improved comb showing the piv-- oted outer toothedends in released position. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the comb withthe parts in the position shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a fragmentarydetail view showing the locking catch.

Referring now to the drawing in which like characters of referencedesignate'similar parts, the-comb is: shownto comprise a slightly curvedback 10, from oneiedge of which project a' series of? teethll theoutermost teeth 12 being of considerably greater length than theintermediate teeth of" the series. The tip end 13 of each outer tooth isformed separate from the-shank 1 1 of the tooth, connection betweenthepartsbeing made by an end 15 of'thetip end being'reduced andinsertedin a slot 16 formed in the: tooth shank, a pivot pin'l7- beingpassed through the shank and reduced portion of the tip-end" topivotallysecure the partstogether. The inner wall-of the tooth shankslot is beveled, as shown at 18*, and theinner .slot and preventing thetip end from being Irocked outwardly out of alinement with-the toothshank.

The tip end is rocked inwardly and across the point of the next i11-termediate tooth of the series by hereinafter described togglemechanism, and when in this position a closed compartment is formedbetween the outer and next intermediate tooth of the series as clearlyshown in Fig. 1. The hair is imprisoned in this compartment when thecomb is inserted in the hair, and prevents accidental withdrawal of thecomb.

Arranged on the back 10 is a toggle lever comprising links 20 pivotallyconnected together at their inner ends through the instrumentality of apivot pin 21, and pivotally secured to the back through theinstrumentality of pivot pins 22. Secured to the outer end of each linkof the toggle lever is one end of a link 23, the opposite end of thislink being pivotally connected through the instrumentality of a pivotpin 24 to the intermediate portion of the pivotal tip ends.

In operation suppose the parts to be in the position shown in Fig. 2,the comb may be inserted in the hair in the ordinary manner, the pivotedinner ends of the toggle lever links may be manually moved in thedirection of the comb teeth, this movement of the toggle lever linksoperating through the instrumentality of the connecting links 23 to rockthe pivoted tip ends of both of the outer teeth of the comb transverselyacross the ends of the next intermediate teeth of the series and formthe hair imprisoning compartments above described. To remove the combfrom the hair the above operation is reversed.

For locking the toggle lever in operative position, an angular resilientwire catch is secured to the back, at one end, and the opposite endyielding as the pivoted inner ends of the toggle lever links 20 advancethereover, and when the toggle lever links have reached their finalposition, as shown in Fig. 1, the spring catch will return to itsinitial position and present an abrupt outwardly projecting leg portionwhich engages with and positively prevents return of the toggle leverlinks to released position until manual depression of the yielding catchtakes place.

What is claimed, is

1. A comb including a back, a series of teeth on said back, the outerteeth having pivoted tip ends rockable toward the intermediate teeth ofthe series, and a toggle lever on said back operatively connected tosaid tip ends and adapted to move said tip ends into or out of alinementwith their related shanks.

2. A comb including a back, a series of teeth on said back, the outerteeth being of greater length than the next intermediate teeth of theseries, said outer teeth having pivoted tip ends rockable transverselyacross said intermediate teeth, whereby closed hair receivingcompartments are formed between said outer and said intermediate teeth,and a toggle lever on said back operatively connected to said tip endsand adapted to move said tip ends into or inwardly out of alinement withtheir related shanks.

3. A comb including a back, a series of teeth on said back, the outerteeth having pivoted tip ends rockable transversely and toward the nextintermediate teeth and forming hair receiving compartments be- HILLIABDC. BATTLES.

WVitnesses GOLDA BATES, LUTHER F. BATTLES.

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